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Spain fans in Durban celebrated late into the night after their team reached the World Cup final for the first time ever with a 1-0 win over Germany.

Tears streaming down their faces -- Germany fans in Cologne are heart broken after the 1-0 defeat to Spain which ended their World Cup dream.

Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez admitted on Monday to only having a modest hope that his team would beat the Netherlands in the World Cup semi-finals, but said he was allowing them to dream. Images and soundbites of the Uruguay press conference and training session.

He could be called the world's biggest football fan. By the end of the World Cup, Thulani Ngcobo will have attended 38 of the 64 World Cup fixtures -- a match marathon that has earned the 29-year-old a spot in the Guinness book of world records.

Thousands of Dutch and Uruguayan fans descended on Cape Town on Tuesday for their World Cup semi-final showdown.

German footballing legend Franz Beckenbauer predicted a quarter-final victory by Germany over Argentina would make the dream of a fourth world title reality. As the Deutsche Mannschaft celebrates a 4-0 win over the South American side, Beckenbauer is now more hopeful than ever that the Germans will lift the trophy.

Uruguay claimed their first World Cup semi-final appearance in 40 years after a pulsating 4-2 penalty shootout win over heartbroken Ghana at Soccer City on Friday. In South Africa, fans celebrated the Black Stars' making it as far as the quarter-finals.

Footballers from the "Chosen FEW" -- a group of lesbian women from Johannesburg's townships -- are just a month away from competing in the 2010 Gay Games in Germany. But the real battle for these young women is right here in their home town-- where being gay is far from easy. South Africa outlaws discrimination based on sexual orientation -- and is the only country in Africa to authorize same-sex marriages. Everyday reality though is very different.

Brazil, without suspended Ramires and injured Elano, face the Netherlands here on Friday for the fourth time at a World Cup in what promises to be an explosive quarter-final. They might not be favourites but the Dutch are looking good since the start of the tournament with only two penalties conceded.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter on Tuesday apologised to England and Mexico over refereeing errors during their World Cup last 16 matches and pledged to review the case for the introduction of goal-line technology.

Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque played down the threat of Cristiano Ronaldo on Monday, insisting Portugal was not a one-man band.

Argentina beat Mexico 3-1 and are on course to meet Germany in the quarter-finals at the World Cup. Goals by Manchester City's Carlos Tevez and Real Madrid's Gonzalo Higuain, his fourth of the tournament, keep Diego Maradona's Argentina on target to meet the Germans in Cape Town on Saturday. Fan reactions from Buenos Aires and Mexico City.

A project called Moving the Goalposts which helps girls and young women in Kilifi on the Kenyan coast is off to compete in the Football for Hope tournament in Johannesburg, that is running alongside the World Cup. The charity uses football to encourage girls to stay in school, and once training is finished, gives them motivational talks.

Brazilian fans revelled in the collective party on Rio's Copacabana beach, where giant screens showed the country's decisive 3-0 World Cup win over Chile.

The Japanese squad left have their base in George to train in Pretoria, ahead of their match against Paraguay on Tuesday. If they succeed in beating the South American's they'll make their debut performance in the World Cup quarter finals.